Taiwan's Minister of Education Chen Ying Yeo on Thursday was allowed to work with three Chinese institutions as the island's universities belong to the United Front Work division, the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda bureau. It was announced that it would disappear.
“Chinese universities in the United Frontwork division serve political purposes rather than purely academic,” says Chen. I said When announcing the ban. “We must halt cooperation and exchange to prevent political influence operations.”
The three Chinese institutions on the blacklist are Zinan University in Guangzhou, Huaqiao University in Xiamen and Quanzhou, and Beijing University of Chinese Language and Culture. The three universities have around 2,000 Taiwanese students. Registration. China has attracted these students by making tuition exemptions easy to register and earn.
Chen said individual students could communicate with three Chinese institutions at their discretion, but degrees obtained from those universities would no longer be recognized in Taiwan.
That's what “United Front Work” is Chinese Communist Code For impact manipulation design To conform the politics of other countries with Beijing's views. The United Front Work division will organize and bankroll movements in other countries and inject Chinese communist propaganda into the education system. In the US, United Frontwork's major campus vehicles are Confucius Institutethe superficial program provided Free education on Chinese culture and language to American universities.
Wu Shu Yeo, a lawmaker with Taiwan's Governance and Democratically Progressive Party (DPP), compared the ban on three Chinese universities to the closure of the Confucius Institute programme by governments in the US, Europe and Australia.
“Taiwan has never restricted normal academic and cultural exchanges unless there is an official influence. However, these schools are under the control of the United Frontwork Division and are essentially for political purposes. I serve and follow political directions,” Wu said.
Taiwan's mainland affairs minister, Chiu Chui-Cheng; It was pointed out China will be firmly on Friday control Several students are permitted to study in Taiwan, creating a clear “imbalance in cross-strite educational exchanges.”
Chiu said educational exchanges should be “based on reciprocity, respect and fairness.” he It's attracting attention Taiwanese students may still obtain recognized degrees from 154 other Chinese universities available.
Politicians from the opposition Kuo Mintan Party (KMT) have criticized Chinese university blackballs as political stunts, as they generally have a greater advantage to China than the DPP.
“Academic cooperation should be based on international accreditation, not political considerations. The DPP is using this as part of its broader political strategy in 2025, instead of promoting engagement. It's creating division,” KMT Chairman Eric Chu Li-Luan charged.
